Abstract
In 2001 Larry Kramer published an article commending popular constitutionalism.Footnote1 He amplified his standpoint in 2004 in a book entitled Popular Constitutionalism.Footnote2 Since that time, American scholars have vigorously debated this approach to constitutionalism, Kramer being its foremost protagonist.Footnote3
The central animating principle of Kramer’s popular constitutionalism is the idea that ordinary citizens, rather than the courts, should be the authoritative interpreters of the Constitution. Under this approach, courts should not have normative priority in the conversation about the meaning of the US Constitution.
The central animating principle of Kramer’s popular constitutionalism is the idea that ordinary citizens, rather than the courts, should be the authoritative interpreters of the Constitution. Under this approach, courts should not have normative priority in the conversation about the meaning of the US Constitution.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 311-323 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108289474 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781108418201 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |